I’m disabled and trying to train my golden for service work.
My golden is almost 2, I got her while we were still in lockdown. I didn’t get to socialize her much due to my mom not giving me the ability to go out in public with my dog and restrictions on going out in public. I live with my mom due to personal reasons. My mom uses spankings as punishment for bad behavior and I’ve gotten into arguments with her over it so it’s gotten less. I do not agree with aversive training. Due to this she has some anxiety but not too bad. When she sees dogs outside of the house or people she will bark at them and jump at the window. When I tell her it’s ok and talk to her calmly she will calm down. When meeting other dogs in the past she became submissive. When she barks at things outside of the house her tails wags a lot and her ears perk up with kind of stiff muscles. What do you all think? Please be kind. I have tried to get my mom to stop but she doesn’t care to listen to me. I offered resources on why aversive training is bad and she didn’t want anything to do with it.
My golden is almost 2, I got her while we were still in lockdown. I didn’t get to socialize her much due to my mom not giving me the ability to go out in public with my dog and restrictions on going out in public. I live with my mom due to personal reasons. My mom uses spankings as punishment for bad behavior and I’ve gotten into arguments with her over it so it’s gotten less. I do not agree with aversive training. Due to this she has some anxiety but not too bad. When she sees dogs outside of the house or people she will bark at them and jump at the window. When I tell her it’s ok and talk to her calmly she will calm down. When meeting other dogs in the past she became submissive. When she barks at things outside of the house her tails wags a lot and her ears perk up with kind of stiff muscles. What do you all think? Please be kind. I have tried to get my mom to stop but she doesn’t care to listen to me. I offered resources on why aversive training is bad and she didn’t want anything to do with it.